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Boev, Viktor
🇧🇬FIDE 2917769· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2001
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Viktor Boev, a 25-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2262 — just 27 short of his peak of 2289 (Sep 2019, age 18) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF, and DOP Men Open Classic 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) recently. He took a 18-month break between Oct 2022 and May 2024. He reached Bulgarian #38 in Jan 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #3, #1, #5, #8 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2262
Standard
Rpd2193·Blz2142
All-time high
2289
−27 pts below
Sep 2019 · age 18
Sep 2019 · age 18
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#5,390 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #38
at age 24 · rated 2256
Jan 2025
2022
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2242 → returned at 2256
Oct 2022
2021
3rd Bulgarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2286
Dec 2021
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
1st Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2289
Sep 2019
All-time peak 2289
at age 18 · −27 from today
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCFperf 2454 (+192) · 6.5/7 · #1
Evolution
+57
2205 → 2262
Tournaments
5
31 games
Score
23/ 3174.2%
21W4D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2454 | +27.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 2148 | +2.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/6 | #12 | 2241 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/5 | #3 | 2388 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #3 | 2105 | -4.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsLachezar YordanovFM
🇧🇬BUL·2343
+7 −10 =8
25 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDavid Tsvetanov
🇧🇬BUL·1935
+11 −4 =1
16 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsSasho NikolovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2213
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMartin PetrovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2547
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsKaloyan Todorov
🇧🇬BUL·2017
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#39
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#3,659
in continent
World
#5,390
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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